Page 16 University Daily Kansan, October 15, 1981
Yanks pound A's; Expos even series
By United Press International
NEW YORK-Graig Nettles went 4-for-4, including a three-run homer, placing a record-setting barrage yesterday that carried the New York Yankees to within one victory of the American League pennant with a 13-3 rout of the Oakland A's.
Nettles, who capped a four-run seventh with his homer, also became the first man in the history of the playoffs to notch two hits in one innning. Lin Poinni added a three-runs homer for the Yankees, who lashed a playoff record 18 hits and hit 4 home runs in the best-of-five series that now moves to Oakland.
ROOKIE  left-hander Righett will he
play against Matt Kough
scheduled to match for the A's.
Netties' two singles and Piniella's home run came in a seven-run fourth that wiped out a 3-1 deflict. The victory went to George Frazier, who replaced starter Rudy May in the fourth and completed the game. Oakland starter Steve McCatty took the jocs.
Jerry Mumphrey also had four hits and every Yankee except Reggie Jackson, who left the game with a calf injury in the third, and Rick Cerrone, had at least one hit.
The Yankees' 19 hits broke the playoff set by Baltimore against Minnesota on Oct. 6, 1969. The 13 runs eclipsed Baltimore's record of 11, set on the same day.
The A's snapped a 1-1 tie and took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on consecutive singles by Mickey Kluts, Mike Heath and Dave McKay, and an infield single by Fred Stanley. But Briere got out of the game with an 8-7 double play and Oakland's failure to break the game open at the point cost the A's dearly.
NETTLES OPENED the home fourth with a single and Bob Watson fled to left for what would prove to be the last out for a long time. Cerone was grazed by a pitch, bringing Maranta to the point where it could resist Russ Goetz. Willie Randolph singled in Nettles, and Mumphrey walked to knock out McCatty.
Larry Milbourne, who is 9 for his last 15, singled in the tying run and Dave Winfield doubled in two more. Then Pinella, playing in place of Jackson, hit a three-run homer to cap the outburst, the biggest innning of the season, in the 1970 equipo league playoff record by the 1970 Orloides.
The Yankees added a run in the sixon an RBI single by Bob Watson and collected four more in the seventh on an RBI single by Bobby Brown and Nettles' home run.
Frazier kept the A's well under control in his 5
2-3 lining stint and ended the game with a flourish by throwing a double-play ball to Dwayne Murphy. The game, which took 3·08 to play, often dragged, first because Goetz was checking May for spitballs and then because of his own barrage that came against five pitchers.
Montreal 3. Los Angeles 0
LOS ANGELES-Ray Burris, a one-time castoff who found a new lease on life in Canada, repaid the Montreal Expos for their faith in him last night by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-on-5 on a five-hitter to even the National League Championship series at one game each.
The only baters to bother Burris were Dusty Baker and Bill Russell, both of whom had a pair
The Expos, who expressed confidence that they would win the series if they could split at Dodger Stadium, jumped on Fernando Valenzuela and went back into dumping to give Euriris all the support he needed.
Montreal, which had managed only eight hits against Valencia in 18 innings previously this season, rapped out four in the second and might have had an even bigger injury if right fielder Pedro Guerrero hadn't thrown out Warren Cromarie at the plate for the final out.
With one out in the second, Larry Parrish and Jerry White stroked back-to-back singles and Cromatine followed with a double to right that scored Parrish and sent White to third. Chris Burris struck out, but a full count and after Burris struck out, Tim Raines singled sharply to right, scoring White.
Cromartie also tried to score on the play but was cut down at the plate on a strong throw by Randy Walters.
Valezuene retired the next 10 batters in a row but the Expos got to him for another run in the sixth with the aid of a throwing error by left fielder Baker. With one out, Ander Dawson singled and Gary Carter sent him to third with another single. When Baker's throw to second went astray, Dawson scored to give Montreal a 3-0 lead.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers got only two runners past first base. Their first threat came in the sixth when Ken Landreaux walked with one out and went to third on a single by Baker. But Burris got the dangerous Steve Garvey to bounce into an innning-ending double play.
The Dodgers threatened again in the ninth when Garvey singled with one out and shortstop Speier booted Ron Cey's grounder for an error. Speier, however, attemted his mistake by snaring the ball into the hole and throwing to second to double Garvey off base for a game-double play.
Washington named coach of the year
Washington will be the recipient of the first annual old branch of the Kansas Coachs Association.
burship includes coaches from the grade school to college levels.
Washington has accumulated a career record of 151-45 in her eight years as head women's basketball coach at KU. She has coached the Washington Sixt Championships for the last four years.
Marian Washington, KU women's head basketball coach, has been voted the Kansas Women's College Coach of the Year by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
Allen Tiller, president of the association, said Washington won by a landslide, receiving more than 600 of the votes cast on an open ballot by 1,500 members.
Washington and the Men's College Coach of the Year, Jack Hartman of Kansas State, will be honored at a luncheon Saturday in Salina, along with other students from each of the six Kansas high school divisions.
KU cross country runner calls third-place finish 'sad'
By TIM PARKER
Sports Writer
Most people would be happy with a third place finish in a national cross country meet. But not
with sonhomore Greg Leibert.
Leibert's time of 31:50 in the 6.2 mile Pepsi National in New York two weeks ago didn't please him at all.
"I didn't run a very good race," he said. "The competition in my age group wasn't as tough as I thought it would be, I should have won."
"EVERYONE TOOK off fast and I was just kind of left there standing.
Leibert said a poor start contributed to his "sad" showing.
"It was exciting." he said
Leibert qualified for the national run by winning a race sponsored by Pepsi in Kansas City, Kan., his hometown. That enabled him to compete in a regional meet in Omaha, Neb. He finished 17th out of 800 runners there, but, more importantly, won his age group (19 and under). The top five runners in each age group went on to New York.
The third place finish didn't excite him, but Lebert said the experience gained would a lot to him when the Jahawks corneted in the Big Eight and NCAA meets later this fall.
to him when the Jaywalks competed in the big zigzag and Wolverine faced an intimidating “IT GAVE ME the feeling of what the big meets will be like now,” he said. “There were a lot of
good runners (in New York) and running with them hepien a lot. He said his showing in the Pepsi run had made him even more optimistic about KU's chances in
the post-season meets.
"We're good and that's all there is to it.
"The only thing that counts is those last three meets (Big Eight, NCAA Regional and NCAA National)."
"We're going to surprise some people who think they have the conference all wrapped up," he said, referring to Iowa State and Colorado, who are touted as having two of the top teams in the
Both Iowa State and Colorado, among others, have a large number of foreign students.
"And we're going to blow them away with Americans," Leibert said. "That means a lot to me."
Five KU freshman volleyball players participated in the USVBA Junior Olympic program before coming to Kansas. The five are (back row, left to right), Tammy Hambleton, Julie Burns and Beth Vivian, (kneeeling), Kathy Kennedy and Ann Price.
U.S. Junior Olympic program prepares athletes for college
By JAN BOUTTE
Sports Writer
Five newcomers to the KU volleyball team may be rookies to college play, but as alumni of the Junior Olympic Development Program, they will be eligible to the court to fill gaps on the Jawhakviversity team.
THE PROGRAM is structured along the lines of a pyramid. A selection process begins at week-long summer camps attended by hundreds of high school girls across the country.
Freshmen Julie Burns, Beth Vivian, Tammy Hambleton, Kathy Kennedy and Ann Price all gained experience through the Junior Olympic Program, which was set up by the United States Volleyball Association in an effort to find Olympic-caliber volleyball players.
The best of the participants are invited to continue in the program and go through constant evaluations that narrow down the field, until at least one participant is selected, the National Junior Olympic team is chosen.
The freshmen now playing for the Jayhawks all started the summer between their junior and senior years, attending camps near their homes. They were one of the most valuable players and spiker at her first camp.
At this point in the program, Hambleton opted to participate in an already formed local USVRA which was eventually acquired.
The other four survived the first cut and were assigned to area teams with which they practiced.
FOR MOST, the practices were no problem,
but Kennedy had to travel eight hours to reach him.
The second round of evaluation and cuts took place during winter break after the high school seasons were over. Each day of the winter session, players were sent home, but Burns, Price, Kennedy and Vivian held on and were chosen for site teams.
In April, the site players tried out for regional and only Price made the Midwest top twenty.
HIGH SCHOOL coaches encouraged the five frosh to enter the program and in return received better players and new ideas for their teams.
In spite of the pressure and disappointments generated by constant cuts, the players said the program was well worth the effort because they reaped the benefits of advice from the best coaches in the country and were exposed to the experience and the latest in offensive plays, and defensive formation.
The final cut in the program selected the National Junior Olympic team from the five
The Olympic program, by using a well-balanced selection process, creates a forum for the coaches to see the best of the high school athletes. The program also provides or wider exposure to a variety of college choices.
More and more, college coaches are looking for recruits who can play their first year, and the USVBA program has been producing players since 2011. It came the way that it is played on the college level.
regional squads. Price, who had already decided to play for Kansas, did not survive the cut.
"There are only a handful of out 20,000 girls who have the ability and talent to play college sports."
"We look for a good caliber of player that can make the varisity her first year."
LOCKWOOD'S recruits have filled the bill. Price, Kennedy, and Burns earned starting positions with the Jayhawks and Vivian and Hambleton have logged considerable court time.
Why did these highly recruited girls choose Kansas? Many reasons surfaced, but all agreed that Lockwood's attitude played a big role. He wanted the business to play freshmen who survived themselves.
Lockwood said, "Money always plays a part in
luck we lost some, but the I’ve gotten some
there."
Three began as scholarship athletes and Kennedy and Hambleton have been offered scholarships for next year. But all did not accept Kansas' offer because it was the most lucrative.
Both coaches and players praised the program for its benefits. The five freshmen agreed that the USVB camps, with their emphasis onentials, were the best camps they had been to.
Song could ease KU fans' apathy
Memorial Stadium will be empty Saturday for the first time in several weeks.
The Jayhawks made their season with 4 of 5 games at home—the opener was in Tulsa. That left 4 games—with one break—for the home fans.
TO MOST IT would seem quite an advantage. But here in Lawrence, you have to wonder if it will work.
Let's take a little more careful. And for quite a while, they haven't been excited.
Sure, they've had to sit through some pretty lean years, now commonly referred to as the 'Bud Moore Era.' And granted, KU has had several shaky games this season. But exciting—all won in the closing seconds. What more could a fan want?
OK, I hear you. A glittering offense. a brilliant kicking game. An iron defense. Well, two out of three ain't bad, folks. And maybe the combo was better. Hawks would get fired up on offense too.
To say the KU crowds are apathetic is a gross understatement. They are lethargic, conceived, persnickety and downright stupid at times. I mean, if the game stinks, fine, but why bombard the KU Marching Band with cups from the stands?
IVE FINALLY decided that we are a silent
nation. Kansas has some terrific
puissance. But I
TRACEE HAMILTON
have you ever listened to the waving wheat?
they are loud and while arms are waving
bags are clapping.
Even the hallowed Rock Chalk Chant is even better. The crowd adds a wetlin' JH! RH, but that's not the point.
The oranges on the field this season, while disrupting the game, are an encouragist sign. But it also indicates the typical attitude of KU players to play for a program to develop's now or never.
What is it about KU fans that they must retain sophistication even in the midst of a brutal, bloody battle between two ancient giants? Yes, they always live up to the Snob Hill reputation?
TAKE K-STATE. Go ahead, laugh, but have you ever heard them at football and basketball games? They always have a good time, those K-State folks do.
Well, several years ago, the athletic department decided we needed some prodding, so they installed on the track in Memorial a curious animal known as 'Mike Man.'
"Mike Man" was a guy who's job was to yell stupid things in a mike in a vain attempt to win. He didn't win. The drew was a plastic cup shower. He is no longer with us, and one no one seems to have missed him.
That leaves us with the cheerleaders and yell leaders. They're cute. They're also . . . well, cute. But uninspiring.
There then are the Jahayws—Big Bird and Baby Jay, in the vernacular. They are great child-pleasers (1 know, I used to be one) but unusual ones (I moved my free movement) and at times, breathing.
The problem with the silence is not confined to the student section. The alums sit in the shade of the west side of the stadium, takeips see if anyone from the club is in attendance.
What we need is a good song. No, really, a good song. There are some terrific old KU songs, but the key word is old. Unfortunately they aren't terribly unbest.
FOR INSTANCE, how many of you sing that "Stand Up and Cheer," in the shower? You can't.
Stand up and cheer.
For today we wave the red and blue above all others.
cheer loud and long for dear old Kansas.
For cheer we may.
the red and blue above all others. Our sturtv band now is fighting
we have the vim, we re sure to win For this is dear old Kansas' day.
Wisconsin Badger fans have solved a similar problem by taking a favorite jingle and making it their own. The Wisconsin gang, whose fight song is "On Wisconsin" to a dreary, lifeless tune—have adopted the Budweiser theme song and changed the words of the song to a strange range that a school near the brewing capital of Milwaukee would take a Sk Louis jingle, but it worked nonetheless.
If Wisconsin can do it, why not Kansas? Throw down your midterm studies and write a jingle. Pick a catchy tune—television is full of them—and add that, and bring the whole thing on it. It'll blow, I Wish Fall. Put my name on it. And in a few weeks, the result will be known!
etc.
Fray? Vim? C'mon. I know there are people out there who can do better than that!
Hockey
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National Hockey League
Minnesota 2, Toronto 1
Minnesota 3, Quebec 1
Boston 8, Chicago 4
New York Islanders 6, Pittsburgh 2
New York Rangers 7, Vancouver 1
N.Y. Mets 5, Houston 1
Basketball
Tryouts for the men's varsity team will be today at 4 p.m. Anyone interested in trying out should contact assistant Joo White at the basketball office in Alen Field House.